Description

Moulded aluminium, one-piece construction “Hitler Jugend” (Hitler Youth) buckle with silver wash. Introduced in 1933, it features, against its plain, obverse field, an embossed HJ eagle and diamond with swastika against a slightly domed, pebble centre, encompassed by a dual rope-like border within which, against a ribbed background, is the embossed Gothic script, “Blut und Ehre” (Blood and Honor). Moulded buckle catch, and a metal prong bar with dual prongs is also to the reverse. The buckle has an RZM marking as well as the faint makers mark, M4/38 (Richard Sieper & Söhne​, Lüdenscheid).